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It's Personal But Is It Mine? Toward Property Rights In Personal Information, Vera Bergelson
It's Personal But Is It Mine? Toward Property Rights In Personal Information, Vera Bergelson
Vera Bergelson
"It's Personal But Is It Mine? Toward Property Rights in Personal Information" discusses the disturbing erosion of privacy suffered by the American society in recent years due to citizens' loss of control over their personal information. This information, collected and traded by commercial enterprises, receives almost no protection under current law. I argue that, in order to protect privacy, individuals need to secure control over their information by becoming its legal owners. In this article, I confront two fundamental questions that have not been specifically addressed in the privacy literature before: why property is the most appropriate regime for regulating …
The 2006 Alta Policies: What New Coverage Do They Provide?, Joyce Palomar
The 2006 Alta Policies: What New Coverage Do They Provide?, Joyce Palomar
Joyce Palomar
No abstract provided.
China's Housing Policy: Successes And Disappointments (Speaker), Joyce Palomar
China's Housing Policy: Successes And Disappointments (Speaker), Joyce Palomar
Joyce Palomar
No abstract provided.
Home As A Legal Concept, Benjamin Barros
Home As A Legal Concept, Benjamin Barros
Benjamin Barros
This article, which is the first comprehensive discussion of the American legal concept of home, makes two major contributions. First, the article systematically examines how homes are treated more favorably than other types of property in a wide range of legal contexts, including criminal law and procedure, torts, privacy, landlord-tenant, debtor-creditor, family law, and income taxation. Second, the article considers the normative issue of whether this favorable treatment is justified. The article draws from material on the psychological concept of home and the cultural history of home throughout this analysis, providing insight into the interests at stake in various legal …
China's Housing Policy: Successes And Disappointments, Joyce Palomar, Jainbo Lou
China's Housing Policy: Successes And Disappointments, Joyce Palomar, Jainbo Lou
Joyce Palomar
No abstract provided.
Emperical Research In Real Property Law, Joyce Palomar
Emperical Research In Real Property Law, Joyce Palomar
Joyce Palomar
No abstract provided.